Dairy Free Chocolate Energy Shake

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I love a good healthy milkshake on a nice day. It makes a great breakfast or midday snack. This shake recipe was one I developed last year w...

I love a good healthy milkshake on a nice day. It makes a great breakfast or midday snack. This shake recipe was one I developed last year when I first started to ween myself off dairy. Dairy is a really disruptive food. It causes the body to produce excess mucous and counter to what many believe, it is actually not a particularly absorbable source of calcium. I greatly reduced my dairy consumption last year when I met my husband. I had a pre-cancerous condition he was convinced was only prolonged by the massive amount of dairy I consumed. He suggested I become more alkaline, reducing my grain consumption and sugar consumption and eliminating dairy from my diet as much as possible. At the time we met I had had the condition for over a year and it was not worsening or getting better. The next step according to my doctor would be surgery. I didn't want to have surgery. So I tried out my husband's theory and sure enough, in four months time my condition "vanished". So did my asthma! My hair also improved (it had been quite dry) and my eyes became brighter. I also felt revitalized and stronger. Despite all of these positive effects I felt down. I love food and the new lifestyle meant abandoning many of my favorite things -- ice cream was top of the list. Ice cream and I have a life-long history. I would eat two bowls after school as a kid, and blend homemade milkshakes all the time.

I was so incredibly happy when I blended this drink!

It looked like a chocolate shake, it tasted like a chocolate shake! This miracle deserved a parade as far as I was concerned. So now I am delighted to share it with you. I hope you like it.